New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States

Book Overview

Mexican immigration to the United States--the oldest and largest immigration movement to this country--is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. For decades, Mexican immigration was primarily a border phenomenon, confined to Southwestern states. But legal changes in the mid-1980s paved the way for Mexican migrants to settle in parts of America that had no previous exposure to people of Mexican heritage. In New Destinations, editors V ctor Z...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871549891
• ISBN13: 9780871549891
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.9"